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'''Asterisk''' | '''Asterisk''' is a free open-source software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX). Like any PBX, it allows attached telephones to make calls to one another and to connect to other telephone services including the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services. Its name comes from the asterisk symbol, “*”. Asterisk is released under a dual license model, using the GNU General Public License (GPL) as a free software license and a proprietary software license to permit licensees to distribute proprietary, unpublished system components. | ||
Originally designed for [[Linux]], Asterisk also runs on a variety of different operating systems including NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris. A port to Microsoft Windows exists as AsteriskWin32.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asteriskwin32.com/ |title=Asterisk Win32 - The Open Source PBX for Windows |publisher=asteriskwin32.com |accessdate=4 April 2012}}</ref> Asterisk is especially small enough to run in an embedded environment like customer-premises equipment-hardware running OpenWrt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/voip.asterisk |title=Asterisk |publisher=OpenWrt |accessdate=4 April 2012}}</ref> | |||
==Product history== | ==Product history== | ||
Asterisk was created in 1999 by Mark Spencer of Digium. A public version 1.0 of Asterisk was released by Spencer while at Astericon on September 23, 2004.<ref name="Asterisk1.0" /> Additional releases were: | |||
* 1.2 - Released on 15 November 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/asterisk/asterisk-12-released.asp|title=Asterisk 1.2 released|last=Keating|first=Tom |date=November 16, 2005|publisher=TMCnet|accessdate=2009-03-26}}</ref> | |||
* 1.4 - Released on 26 December 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asterisk.org/node/48266|title=Asterisk 1.4.0 released|date=December 20, 2006|publisher=Asterisk.org|accessdate=2009-03-26}}</ref> | |||
* 1.6 - Released on 2 October 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asterisk.org/node/48539|title=Asterisk 1.6.0 released|date=October 2, 2008|publisher=Asterisk.org|accessdate=2009-03-26}}</ref> | |||
* 1.8 - Released on 21 October 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asterisk.org/node/51444|title=Asterisk 1.8.0 Now Available!|date=October 21, 2010|publisher=Asterisk.org|accessdate=2010-10-24}}</ref> | |||
* 10.0 - Released on 15 December 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asterisk.org/node/51697|title=Asterisk 10.0.0 Is Released!|date=December 15, 2011|publisher=Asterisk.org|accessdate=2011-12-26}}</ref> | |||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
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| Developer(s) | Digium |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 23, 2004[1] |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Telephony software |
| License(s) | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.asterisk.org |
Asterisk is a free open-source software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX). Like any PBX, it allows attached telephones to make calls to one another and to connect to other telephone services including the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services. Its name comes from the asterisk symbol, “*”. Asterisk is released under a dual license model, using the GNU General Public License (GPL) as a free software license and a proprietary software license to permit licensees to distribute proprietary, unpublished system components.
Originally designed for Linux, Asterisk also runs on a variety of different operating systems including NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris. A port to Microsoft Windows exists as AsteriskWin32.[2] Asterisk is especially small enough to run in an embedded environment like customer-premises equipment-hardware running OpenWrt.[3]
Product history
Asterisk was created in 1999 by Mark Spencer of Digium. A public version 1.0 of Asterisk was released by Spencer while at Astericon on September 23, 2004.[1] Additional releases were:
- 1.2 - Released on 15 November 2005[4]
- 1.4 - Released on 26 December 2006[5]
- 1.6 - Released on 2 October 2008[6]
- 1.8 - Released on 21 October 2010[7]
- 10.0 - Released on 15 December 2011[8]
Features
The many features of Asterisk can be discovered on the [ Asterisk website].
Hardware/software requirements
Videos, screenshots, and other media
Screenshots for Omeka can be found on Meedan's Flickr page.
Numerous videos of Omeka in action can also be found on their website.
Access the online demo here.
Entities using Omeca
Examples of entities using Omeka include:
Alexandria Archive Institute, BJU Press, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Chicago History Museum, European Science Foundation, Farmers Museum, George Mason University Libraries, George Washington University Libraries, Hawaiian Historical Society, MBL Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, New York Public Library, Oregon State University Libraries, Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Smithsonian Institution, Trinity College Dublin
A full directory of Omeka users can be found at the Omeka website.
Further reading
- "Documentation for Omeka". Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. http://omeka.org/codex/Documentation.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keating, Tom (23 September 2004). "Asterisk 1.0 released". TMCnet. http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voip/asterisk-10-released.asp. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ↑ "Asterisk Win32 - The Open Source PBX for Windows". asteriskwin32.com. http://www.asteriskwin32.com/. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ↑ "Asterisk". OpenWrt. http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/voip.asterisk. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ↑ Keating, Tom (16 November 2005). "Asterisk 1.2 released". TMCnet. http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/asterisk/asterisk-12-released.asp. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ↑ "Asterisk 1.4.0 released". Asterisk.org. 20 December 2006. http://www.asterisk.org/node/48266. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ↑ "Asterisk 1.6.0 released". Asterisk.org. 2 October 2008. http://www.asterisk.org/node/48539. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ↑ "Asterisk 1.8.0 Now Available!". Asterisk.org. 21 October 2010. http://www.asterisk.org/node/51444. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ↑ "Asterisk 10.0.0 Is Released!". Asterisk.org. 15 December 2011. http://www.asterisk.org/node/51697. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
